Scalable computational steering system for visualization of large-scale CFD simulations

32nd AIAA Fluid Dynamics Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages

  Modi, Anirudh ^a,b   Sezer Uzol, Nilay ^a,b   Long, Lyle N ^a,b   Plassmann, Paul E ^a,b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Aerospace Engineering ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEOWULF CLUSTER; COMPUTATIONAL STEERING; HELICOPTER FUSELAGE; LARGE SCALE SIMULATIONS; NAVIER-STOKES FLOW SOLVER; PARALLEL COMPUTER; SPEED CONSTRAINTS; UNSTEADY SIMULATIONS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW FIELDS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING; VIRTUAL REALITY; VISUALIZATION;

THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

EID: 84896693835     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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